EUPHUES

Meaning of EUPHUES in English

/yooh"fyooh eez'/ , n.

the main character in John Lyly's works Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit (1579), and Euphues and His England (1580). Cf. euphuism .

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EUPHUES — Euphues BrE AmE ˈjuːf ju iːz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EUPHUISM — noun Etymology: Euphues, character in prose romances by John Lyly Date: 1592 an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked by excessive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LYLY, JOHN — born 1554?, Kent, Eng. died November 1606, London English writer. Educated at Oxford, Lyly gained fame in London with two …
Английский словарь Британика
EUPHUISM — ˈyüfyəˌwizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Euphu es, character in the prose romances Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit (1579) and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EUPHUISM — — euphuist , n. — euphuistic, euphuistical , adj. — euphuistically , adv. /yooh"fyooh iz'euhm/ , n. 1. an affected …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EUPHUISM — noun Etymology: Euphues, character in prose romances by John Lyly Date: 1592 1. : an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EUPHUISM — [ 'ju:fjʊɪz(ə)m ] ■ noun formal an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking. Derivatives euphuist noun euphuistic adjective …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EUPHUISM — [eu.phu.ism] n [Euphues, character in prose romances by John Lyly] (1592) 1: an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked by excessive …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EUPHUISM — an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked by excessive use of balance, antithesis, and alliteration and by frequent use of similes …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANATOMY — a field in the biological sciences concerned with the identification and description of the body structures of living things. Gross …
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OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL OF — born April 12, 1550, Castle Hedingham, Essex, Eng. died June 24, 1604, Newington, Middlesex English lyric poet and patron of …
Britannica English vocabulary
LYLY, JOHN — born 1554?, Kent, Eng. died November 1606, London author considered to be the first English prose stylist to leave an …
Britannica English vocabulary
LODGE, THOMAS — born c. 1557, London?, Eng. died 1625, London English poet, dramatist, and prose writer whose innovative versatility typified the Elizabethan …
Britannica English vocabulary
GREENE, ROBERT — born July 1558?, Norwich, Eng. died Sept. 3, 1592, London one of the most popular English prose writers of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
EUPHUISM — n. an affected or high-flown style of writing or speaking. øøeuphuist n. euphuistic adj. euphuistically adv. [Gk euphues well endowed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EUPHUISM — n. an affected or high-flown style of writing or speaking. euphuist n. euphuistic adj. euphuistically adv. [ Gk euphues well …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EUPHUISM — n. an affected or high-flown style of writing or speaking. Derivatives: euphuist n. euphuistic adj. euphuistically adv. Etymology: Gk euphues …
Oxford English vocab
LYLY, JOHN — born 1554?, Kent, Eng. died November 1606, London English writer. Educated at Oxford, Lyly gained fame in London with two …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ЛИЛИ — (Lyly, John) (ок. 1554-1606), английский драматург и романист. Родился предположительно в Кентербери; внук известного грамматиста У.Лили. Получив в Оксфордском университете …
Русский словарь Colier

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